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All Aboard the Meme Express – Thursday, April 9, 2009

April is National Poetry Month.
Are you participating in the challenge?

On April 9, 1955, American singer and actor Bill Hayes made his way to the top of the popular music charts with “The Ballad of Davy Crockett.” The song was first heard as the theme for the Disney television series, Davy Crockett, in 1954, before reaching popular music hit status and selling more than two million copies.

With music by George Bruns and lyrics by Tom Blackburn, the song was soon recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Fess Parker as well.

Here it is, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” sung by Bill Hayes:

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Today’s Meme Express prompt is: frontier.

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.